Three-dimensional reels for an electronic gaming device
View Patent ↗Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for delivering game play, which may include providing wagering game options that may include a two-dimensional option, a three-dimensional option, and/or a combination of both.
1. An electronic gaming device comprising:
a credit device configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device;
a first plurality of reels, the first plurality of reels including a first set of symbols, the first plurality of reels having a first area and the first plurality of reels being located in a first xyz plane;
a second plurality of reels, the second plurality of reels including a second set of symbols, the second plurality of reels having a second area and the second plurality of reels being located in a second xyz plane;
a memory, the memory including a three-dimensional payline module, the three dimensional payline module including a plurality of three-dimensional payline structures; and
a processor configured to select a 2D mode evaluation, a 3D mode evaluation, or a combination of the 2D mode evaluation and the 3D mode evaluation to utilize in a game play evaluation where the processor is configured to determine a three-dimensional payout based on one or more three dimensional payline structures;
wherein the first area associated with the first plurality of reels is a different sized area than the second area associated with the second plurality of reels;
wherein the second plurality of reels have at least one less reel than the first plurality of reels;
wherein any determined award is added to the credit balance.
2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes a non-three-dimensional payline module, the non-three-dimensional payline module includes one or more non-three-dimensional pay line structures.
3. The electronic gaming device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a payout based on the one or more non-three-dimensional payline structures.
4. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a third plurality of reels, the third plurality of reels including a third set of symbols, the third plurality of reels being located in a third xyz plane.
5. The electronic gaming device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the three-dimensional payout based on the one or more three-dimensional pay line structures utilizing the third plurality of reels.
6. The electronic gaming device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a payout based on one or more non-three-dimensional payline structures utilizing the third plurality of reels.
7. The electronic gaming device of claim 4 , wherein the first set of symbols, the second set of symbols, and the third set of symbols are the same set of symbols.
8. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate at least one reel from at least one of the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels.
9. The electronic gaming device of claim 8 , wherein an activation of the one reel from at least one of the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels is based on input received from the player.
10. The electronic gaming device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the three-dimensional payout based on an activation of the one reel from at least one of the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels based on input received from the player.
11. A method of providing gaming play comprising:
receiving via a credit device a physical item associated with a monetary value;
establishing via one or more processors a credit balance based at least in part on the received item;
receiving via a wager button a wager amount on a play of a game, wherein the wager amount is deducted from the credit balance;
displaying via the one or more processors a first plurality of reels in a first xyz plane where the first plurality of reels have a first area;
displaying via the one or more processors a second plurality of reels in a second xyz plane where the second plurality of reels have a second area;
selecting via the one or more processors a 2D mode evaluation, a 3D mode evaluation, or a combination of the 2D mode evaluation and the 3D mode evaluation to utilize in a game play evaluation; and
determining via the one or more processors a three-dimensional payout based on data from the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels;
wherein the first area associated with the first plurality of reels is a different sized area than the second area associated with the second plurality of reels;
wherein the second plurality of reels have at least one less reel than the first plurality of reels;
wherein any determined award is added to the credit balance.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining a non-three-dimensional payout based on data from the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising activating at least one reel from at least one of the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining the three-dimensional payout based on an activation of the one reel from at least one of the first plurality of reels and the second plurality of reels.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising displaying a third plurality of reels in a third xyz plane.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining the three-dimensional payout based on data from the third plurality of reels.
17. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a credit device configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play, wherein the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance funded at least in part via the credit device;
a server including a server memory and a server processor;
the server processor configured to display a first plurality of reels, the first plurality of reels having a first area and the first plurality of reels being located in a first xyz plane, a second plurality of reels, the second plurality of reels having a second area and the second plurality of reels being located in a second xyz plane;
the server memory including a three-dimensional payline module, the three-dimensional pay line module including a plurality of three-dimensional pay line structures; and
the server processor configured to select a 2D mode evaluation, a 3D mode evaluation, or a combination of the 2D mode evaluation and the 3D mode evaluation to utilize in a game play evaluation, the server processor configured to determine a three-dimensional payout based on one or more three-dimensional payline structures;
wherein the first area associated with the first plurality of reels is a different sized area than the second area associated with the second plurality of reels;
wherein the second plurality of reels have at least one less reel than the first plurality of reels;
wherein any determined award is added to the credit balance.
18. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the server memory includes a non-three-dimensional payline module, the non-three-dimensional payline module includes one or more non-three-dimensional pay line structures.
19. The electronic gaming system of claim 18 , wherein the server processor is further configured to determine a payout based on the one or more non-three-dimensional payline structures.
20. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the server processor is further configured to display a third plurality of reels, the third plurality of reels being located in a third xyz plane.